评估阿克拉大都市中精选的高等学生对动物感染的知识和意识
Antwi Joseph Barimah1, Tweneboah Yvonne Ofosua1, Henry Ofosu Addo2
1College of Health Yamfo, Sunyani, Ghana.
Environmental health insights
|November 30, 2023
概括
动物传播感染对健康构成重大风险,特别是在加纳. 高等学生表现出适度的意识,了解传播途径,但需要加强教育计划,以有效打击这些疾病.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 传染性疾病 传染性疾病
- 一个健康,一个健康.
背景情况:
- 动物传染病是全球主要的健康问题,动物作为水库.
- 加纳人与动物的高比例增加了对动物传染病传播的易感性.
- 高等教育机构是动物传染病传播的潜在中心,因为近距离居住.
研究的目的:
- 评估高等教育学生对动物传播感染的认识和知识.
- 识别了解动物传播疾病传播和预防方面的差距.
- 在教育机构内为有针对性的健康教育策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 采用了一种描述性的横截面研究设计.
- 从加纳大学的440名学生采用分层抽样收集了定量数据.
- 数据收集在大学的四个主要学院分层收集.
主要成果:
- 在学生中观察到对动物传播感染的知识水平中等.
- "动物性疾病"一词被70%的受访者理解.
- 学生发现与受感染动物的密切接触和食用受污染的食物是主要的传播途径.
结论:
- 虽然已知基本的控制策略,但持续的动物病表明需要改善教育.
- 在高等教育机构提高动物传染病的认识需要全面的启蒙计划.
- 利用多种媒体道对于有效传播有关动物传播疾病的知识至关重要.
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